National Republican., 1887-10-31
Asia and America.

climates, and consequently produces every
thing. Its Typographical formation is in
harmony with it's latitude and marvels in
cultivation can be obtained. With the ex.
ception of China, so densely populated and
by the period OF many thousands OF year..
the soil having been to the full extent CUT
tivated no other territory requires manur,
or guano. In order to learn and appreciat
all its resources, one should travel every
where, remain there long time, conceive
an affection for the country and its people
study the customs, ideas, history, religion.
resources, and adopt 1t as a second HON
The governments Of the west, for the mo.
part, have been not correctly Informed
regard to this great part OF the world b,
their ministers, consuls, admirals
and the equivocal missionaries, who
In their reports, describe er.
roneously what there existe, and they can
not form an exact idea Of what ought to b,
done with these countries, and much les
Of the nature and aspirations Of the diffe'
ent populatlons-not perhaps In maia file,
but for the reasons already expressed-tha
Is, little or no practical experience OF men
things, and country.
Asia is divided into many nations, relig-
ions, and cast 8; the two most important ar
China aud India, then come in the seconn
order Japan, Persia, Siam, Anam, and
Corea.
India, for her good or bad fortune, haN
been for many long years under the rough,
ravaging, cold, cruel, and selfish teaching
and rule Of England; Anam, with CAN.
bodia, Cochinchina, aud Tonkin, are under
the protectorate OF France (Tonkln, with her
gold mines, precious stones, and pearls can
safely be styled the California OF Asia)j
Japan, Persia, Siam, and Corea are yet IN.
dependent and quietly ruled by native sov.
eigns, and Cnina, the grandest, richest
Oldest, and most populous OF all, could be-
for America the same vast field of con
merce and enterprise, and source o
wealth just as inexhaustible as the East
Indies have been for England and thr
islands OF Java, sumatra, and Borneo hav,
been for Holland. She China is not t.
be conquered by force Of arms, but by tn
innovations Of modern times-stea mer,
railroads, telegraph, telephones, &c. |
would indeed be quite befitting under
taking for go-ahead and humane America
the youngest of nations, to give the beneti
Of the progress Of this wonderful age t.
China, the oldest in the universe.
The antique, immense, and stationar
| fatherland of Mencius Confucius and L
| Hung-Chang, whose population amount
TO the third Of the sous Of Adam, invigor
ated by the spirit of enterprise of tn.
young, vigorous, aud progressive land o
| franklin, Washington, and Grant, Amer
lea. which is the antithesIs OF Asia, vii
happily solve the heretofore difficult prob
lem, that the two extremes can meet au,
walk side by side on the road of progres
friendship, and prosperity.
China, with a population of over 400,
00O,000 inhabitants and 3,5OO,000 geo
| graphical square miles OF territory unde
cultivation, with mines OF gold ana silve
in the south and coal in the North, does no
possess one single mile of railroad, aud unit
lately not mile OF telegraph. What
beneficial revolution will create IN tina
country Of immense distances and dl(llcul
travel with only Adamitical means OF tran
portation-the introduction by American
of railroads, telegraph, and telephone
What an immense field opens for Am-r
can enterprise, industry, aud energy
1t is really grand opportuuiU
worthy the serious attention Of th
government, statesmen, and OF the enter
prising capitalists, manufacturers, AM
merchants OF the United States. THIS 1
the only way to successfully compete will
the English, who have a paramount inilu
ence and supremacy in the land Of the ris
ing sun. England since 1912, the year O
the forcible introduction of opium by tn
East India Company into China, an i'm
moral but very lucrative and increasin
traffic, took special care to be always rer
resented in all the open seaports of tn
Celestial empire by astute consuls
and after the war Of 1s50-'60 sh
invariably sent first class diplomats for he
ministers at the imperial court of the Son c
the Sun In Pekln, such men as Lord Elgin
then his brother Sir Frederick Bruce, 81
Rutherford Alcock, Sir Thomas Wade, 81
Henry Parke, all OF whom, pulling all th
time in their turn and In the same diret
tion, have reduced the Tzung-Li- Yamer
ministry Of foreign affairs In Pekin, to
merely a dependency OF the foreign Office 1
London, while the consuls IN the treat
ports, by peremptory orders from the lega
tion, with the moral support of the BIRTHS
gunboat law, gradually reduced the Chon
toos and FootaIs (viceroys OF provlnces)
Taotais governors OF citlesl, aud all tn
other mandarins to be docile dependents o
her British maiesty's consulates, beside
illing the most important offices of th
Chinese empire with Englishmen, all OBJ,
dient to the general mot dOrdre. The highes
and most important Of all offices is th
general and exclusive control Of all the In
perial Chinese custom houses by an Iris
Orangeman, Sir Robert Hart, .fol
merly interpreter Of the BIRTHS
consulate in Nlng.po, In th
province OF Che Kiang (the emporium q
silR), who now holds In his hands tn
strings Of the purse of the government an
people OF China, and knows how to take al
possible advantages Of his promlnen
position, and, of course, always backed b,
the British influence, intImidations, an,
power, II required. Sir Robert Hart, witt
lis brother-in'law, DR.. Bredan, commits
slener Of customs at Hankow (the empo
rum Of tea)i Commissioner Levy Brown a
Shanghai (th6 emporium of commerce)
With the numerous subordinates all owe
the country, he is an impeyium IN imperi
in China for the exclusive benefit of tn
British interests.
America has not been blessed like Eng
land in her choice for representatives II
China, with the exception OF the eve
llmented Anson BurliDgame and the Hon
John Russell Young, as ministers at Pekln